[doc] initial about page

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+<h1>About searx</h1>
+
+<p>searx is a meta-search engine inspired by the seeks-project. You can add it to your browsers search bar and even make it your default search engine. It tries to provide basic privacy by mixing your queries with queries from others while avoiding logging of queries. For all browsers (except chrom*) queries are made using a POST request. Thus they don't show up in our logs, nor in your url history. For chrome users there is an exception searx is used from the search bar, it issues GET requests.</p>
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+<h2>FAQ</h2>
+<h3>Trust</h3>
+<p>It's ok if you don't trust us regarding the logs, <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">take the code</a> and run it yourself for your friends! decentralize!</p>
+
+<h2>Supported engines</h2>
+
+<h3>General Category</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>duckduckgo definitions</li>
+<li>duckduckgo</li>
+<li>startpage</li>
+<li>wikipedia</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Images Category</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>flickr</li>
+<li>gimages</li>
+<li>deviantart</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Sound Category</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>soundcloud</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Video Category</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>youtube</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>IT Category</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>stackoverflow</li>
+<li>github</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Social media Category</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>twitter</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>please add more engines to this list, pull request are welcome!</p>